Vehicle-reach.



L. E. YOAKIM.

VEHICLE REACH.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1912.

Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

I J Inventor www@ Witnessesn Attorneys iw/M LOUIS E. YOAKIM, or YUMA,ARIZONA.

VEHICLE-REACH.

i Specification of- Letters Patent.

Patented Allg. 20, 1912.

Application led January 2, 1912. Serial No. 668,927.

To all lwhomzt may concern: I

Be it known that 1,'L0U1s E. YOAKIM', a citizen of the United States,residing at Yuma', in the county of Yuma and State of Arizona, haveinvented a new and useful Vehicle- Reach, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention pertains to improvements in reaches for vehiclesor'wagons.

It has for'its object, primarily, to allow for lateral careeningmovement of the vehicle, or wheel axles, as. when a wheel, or wheels,may pass over an obstacle or drop into a rut or hole in the street orroadway, Without liability of twisting or splitting the reach orsubject-ing the hounds to torsional strain or stress.

A further object is to greatly simplify the construction of parts andaccordingly economize the cost of manufacture.

A still further object vis to carry out the aforesaid ends in anexpeditious and effective manner.

l The invention consists of certain instrumentalities and featuressubstantially as hereinafter fully disclosed and defined by the claim.

In the accompanying drawing, illustrab ing the preferred embodiment ofmy invention wherein it will be understood that various changes andmodifications may be made as relate to the detailed construction andarrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit thereof,Figure 1 is a plan view-of the device. Fig. 2 is a partly sec-A tionaland partly sgide view of thel same.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section produced upon the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is a like i section taken on the lille 4-4 of Fig. 1.

In carrying out my invention, I'construct the reach, generallydesignated by the character 1, of two membersv orlsections 2 and 3,respectively, the member 2 being preferably of wrought metal or steeland the member 3 being of tubular metal with an apertured flattened Iendportion 4, its aperture 4 receiving a pin for connecting it to the rearaxle, neither said pin nor said axle being a transverse por ioncorrespondingr formation of a like transverse member 9 to form a sleeve10, the latter transverse member being suitably bolted or riveted to thearms or branches 7 of said member 2, upon their under sides.

The sleeve 10 is adapted to receive the rear flanged end of the tubularor rod reachmember, the flange thereof engaging t-he inner' or forwardedge of the sleeve to retain the' reach-member 1n position therein andyet allow of the turning or swiveling of the tubular or rod reach-memberas the vehicle wheel or wheels may ride upwardly over an obstacle or maydrop into a rut or hole in the road-way, and thus avoid the liability ofthe twisting or splitting 0f the reach or subjecting the hounds totorsional strain or stress, as would otherwise beliable to occur. Thedevice thus provided, is extremely simple, comprising but the minimumnumber of parts in its organization and is inexpen-v sive ofmanufacture.

lVhat is claimed:

A device of the character described, comprisingcomplemental reachmembers adapted to t-urn one within, and independently of the other, onereach-member being platelike in general outline and formed with anarcuate upraised portion forming thereby a concavity therein, atransverse member applied to said plate-like reach-member and having anarcuate portion with its concavity opposed to the correspondingformation of said reach-member, the other reach-member being of tubularformation and having a flange-terminal, said latter reach-member l as myown, I have hereto aixed my signa-A being received within the sleeveresulting ture in the presence of two witnesses. from the opposition ofthe arcuate portions of the first-referred to reach-member and LOUIS E'YOAKIM' 5 said transverse member, said flange-terminal Witnesses:

engaging one end of said sleeve. ROY HANsERGER,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing T. L. LANE.

